Silus

See also: silus

Latin

Etymology

From silus (“snubnosed, pugnosed”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.lus/, [ˈs̠ɪɫ̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.lus/, [ˈsiːlus]

Proper noun

Silus m sg (genitive Silī); second declension

a cognomen used by the gens Sergia
Marcus Sergius Silus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Silus
Genitive	Silī
Dative	Silō
Accusative	Silum
Ablative	Silō
Vocative	Sile

References

“Silus2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Silus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.

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